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A lesson in compromise: Illinois could learn from South Carolina
By DENNIS GRUBAUGH In late June and early July, during an extraordinary two-week span, South Carolina legislators did this: – Turned a cold shoulder on more than 150 years of racism. – Showed a nation what compromise looks like. During that same time frame and since, the Illinois General Assembly did this: – Failed…
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By ALAN J. ORTBALS As I write this, Illinois government has log-jammed on the shoals of politics and I don’t see how it will be broken loose. Gov. Bruce Rauner badly misread the situation and should have taken a very different course. If he had, I don’t think we’d be in this position today. …
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